Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 226 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.50 on Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 13, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.5 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.4% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 337,681 acre feet

This is 79.5% of the average of 424,776 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 163,381 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 147,682 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 174,300 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 170.84% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 51.06% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -2.09 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.69 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.18 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, May 14, 2026
6036.50
0.11
1,024,306
1005
393
79.5
54.5
Wed, May 13, 2026
6036.39
0.04
1,023,182
725
474
84.8
56.9
Tue, May 12, 2026
6036.35
0.01
1,022,773
620
524
86.2
54.2
Mon, May 11, 2026
6036.34
-0.02
1,022,671
501
560
81.7
52.1
Sun, May 10, 2026
6036.36
-0.01
1,022,875
572
580
77.5
50.9
Sat, May 09, 2026
6036.37
-0.07
1,022,977
324
641
80.4
52.5
Fri, May 08, 2026
6036.44
-0.07
1,023,692
320
638
79.3
47.5
Thu, May 07, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
751
612
68.9
36.8
Wed, May 06, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
645
523
62.6
45.5
Tue, May 05, 2026
6036.51
-0.09
1,024,408
54
476
61.3
48.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
6036.60
-0.04
1,025,329
804
455
68.7
52.2
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
829
456
73.5
48.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
6036.67
-0.01
1,026,046
917
450
66.6
45.5
Fri, May 01, 2026
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,148
615
445
66.4
44.9
Averages of List
6036.49
-0.02
1,024,094
620.1
516.2
74.1
49.4

Averages for May 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6055.70
-19.2
1,300,948
3068.87
1518.30
78.38
46.16
All-Time
6043.10
-6.6
1,192,169
3101.42
1417.05
78.38
46.16

Last 10 May 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, May 14, 2025
6038.59
-2.09
1,045,863
1773
376
62.9
48.5
Tue, May 14, 2024
6046.05
-9.55
1,126,195
1734
347
77.9
51.5
Sun, May 14, 2023
6057.10
-20.60
1,256,150
4216
12
77.4
52.0
Sat, May 14, 2022
6027.99
8.51
940,153
2109
295
84.0
41.0
Fri, May 14, 2021
6035.21
1.29
1,061,928
1715
505
85.0
43.0
Thu, May 14, 2020
6059.23
-22.73
1,338,049
2403
535
78.0
48.0
Tue, May 14, 2019
6047.44
-10.94
1,195,781
4184
404
79.0
47.0
Mon, May 14, 2018
6050.16
-13.66
1,227,431
1564
397
78.0
37.0
Sun, May 14, 2017
6078.04
-41.54
1,595,621
4478
4324
78.0
46.0
Sat, May 14, 2016
6073.20
-36.70
1,525,459
2773
408
84.0
46.0
Averages of List
6051.55
-15.05
1,234,199
2953
775
79.6
48.6


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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